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Well, then, how is our district off for timber for ship-building?Clinias
There is no fir to speak of, nor pine, and but little cypress; nor could one find much larch or plane, which shipwrights are always obliged to use for the interior fittings of ships.Athenian
Those, two, are natural features which would not be bad for the country.Clinias
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